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The New EFB – one year after
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| Børge Diderichsen, President of EFB, Professor, Ph.D., bqd@novonordisk.com
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In July 2001, the new statutes of the restructured EFB were
unanimously approved in Madrid.
Since then, our Federation has progressed impressively,
and, I believe, outperformed any reasonable expectations:
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c. 2200 personal members from 36 European and 33 non-European
countries
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c. 150 institutional members
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a new logo, an appealing visual identity and various promotional
materials
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an informative and well visited website at www.efbweb.org
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establishment of a central fund based on institutional
membership fees
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sound and balanced briefing and background papers
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an impressive list of 16 EFB events including the 10th
European Congress on Biotechnology (ECB10) with more than
1200 participants as well as a variety of specialised workshops
covering many aspects of biotechnology
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11 additional EFB events that will take place during 2002
and 2003 are currently under preparations.
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information and guidance on the EC’s 6th Framework Programme
for Research
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a respected profile at high levels within the European
Commission
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a new Section on Biodiversity
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an Associated Section on Pharma Medical Biotechnology
(EAPB)
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a new Task Group on International Relations that is now
seen as a valuable instrument of the EC to promote collaborations
with China (EFBIC)
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the first EFBIC workshop in Shanghai
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a respected profile at high levels in China
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an ASEM workshop on food bioethics in Kuala Lumpur
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an initiative »Ask the Scientist« established by the Task
Group on Public Perceptions of Biotechnology and accessible
at www.efbpublic.org.
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a new Task Group on Innovation that is represented on
the Advisory Board of the Biotech and Finance Forum
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least but not last, many interesting and stimulating activities
that took place within the Sections and Task Groups.
We now need your help to keep the momentum by motivating some
of your colleagues to become members of EFB and contribute to
the safe and beneficial applications of biotechnology by engaging
in some of the many EFBactivities, in Sections and Task Groups.
We need more active human resources to continue and consolidate
the new developments at EFB. For more info, visit www.efbweb.org.
We also need more institutional members. The achievements
listed above, and the services which are offered for free to
all personal members of EFB, should make it easy for you to
convince your institution to become member of EFB and support
our many activities with a modest annual fee. Please join us
as personal and institutional members at www.efbweb.org/members/joinus.htm
Also in this way you can show that you belong to
a family of dedicated biotechno-logists in Europe and beyond.
Join us!
EFB - European Federation of Biotechnology
(www.efbweb.org)
is expanding quickly, currently with 50-100 new members
per month.
You may benefit from joining this dynamic
forum of 2100+ biotechnologists representing academia
as well as industry that on scientific grounds deal with
almost any scientific and applied aspect of biotechnology.
EFB organises events like congresses and workshops and
promotes co-operation, education and public understanding
throughout Europe and beyond.
On behalf of the European Commission, EFB
is also facilitating interactions in biotechnology between
Europe and China.
Look for personal (free) and institutional
membership at www.efbweb.org/members/joinus.htm
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